Definition of Pricy

1. Adjective. Having a high price. "A pricey restaurant"

Exact synonyms: Costly, Dear, High-priced, Pricey
Similar to: Expensive
Derivative terms: Cost, Costliness, Dearness, Price, Price, Price, Price

Definition of Pricy

1. Adjective. (informal) (alternative spelling of pricey) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pricy

1. pricey [adj PRICIER, PRICIEST] : PRICILY [adv] - See also: pricey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pricy

prickly poppy
prickly shield fern
prickmadam
prickpunch
prickpunches
pricks
prickshaft
prickshafts
pricksong
pricksongs
prickteaser
prickteasers
prickwood
prickwoods
pricky
pricy (current term)
pride-of-India
pride comes before a fall
pride cometh before a fall
pride goes before a fall
pride goeth before a fall
pride of Bolivia
pride of California
pride of barbados
pride of place
pride oneself
pride wenteth before a fall
prided
prideful

Literary usage of Pricy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of John Jewel by John Jewel, John Ayre (1845)
"... of the city of Salome (saith he) is ordered, neither I nor my deputy *s made pricy to it. And herein that thing hath been done, which never happened in ..."

2. ... [Reports] by Kentucky Geological Survey (1919)
"pricy CREEK Up a left drain % mile up pricy creek the Tom Cooper coal, opened by Oscar Lykins back of his house, shows: Tom Cooper Coal Feet Inches Shale 4 ..."

3. Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections by Great Britain (1904)
"Among the Acts oj the pricy Council is the letter sent to Arkinstall (dated July 19), desiring him to furnish them with the same diet which they had had in ..."

4. Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries": History by B. B. Wiffen (1858)
"Gentleman of UK Bedchamber, Sir Robert Carr. f Sir William Howard, Sir Edmund Verney, Sir William Crofts, Gentlemen of the pricy Chamber r " Wynne, ..."

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